Introduction of GT defeated SRH
Gujarat is back in the grid. In the last game, they defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets and brought back the winning confidence into the team. To our surprise, the Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to show a game like they played against MI in the last match and Gujarat Titans chased down a target of 163 runs very smoothly. Let’s dive into the details of the match to understand the factors of this win better. Keep reading the blog & stay tuned with Cricfeverr.com to get all the sports updates on time.
What are the match details?
Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad faced off each other on the 12th match of the IPL 2024. The date of the match was 31st March 2024 Sunday and the venue of the match was Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The toss story:
After winning the toss Pat Cummins decided to bat first. He said that he wants to post a big target for GT.
After their bashing performance against MI, we thought that GT was going to lose this match anyway. However, SRH only managed to score 162 runs which is not so special. However, till this time, they had a chance to win the match by restricting GT players. However, they lost it.
The batting was so disappointing that not a single batter could exceed the 30-run mark.
In the bowling department, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Markande, and skipper Pat Cummins took one wicket each.
On the other hand, GT skipper Shubman Gill (36) and Wriddhiman Saha (25) gave a powerful start as openers, followed by Sai Sudharsan (45) and David Miller’s unbeaten 44.
Mohit showed a spell. Thirteen of the 24 balls he bowled were cutters, and he varied his lengths neatly too. He finished with 3 for 25 off his four overs and picked up the Player-of-the-Match award. Mohit took 3 wickets, while Noor Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, and Azmatullah Omarzai picked one wicket each.
Here’s all you need to know about GT vs SRH, IPL 2024 match:
-David Miller remained unbeaten on 44 (27) as GT defeated SRH by 7 wickets.
-GT’s Impact Player Sai Sudharsan scored 45 off 36 balls.
-Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 162/8 in 20 overs.
-Mohit Sharma picked up 3 wickets and leaked 25 runs in 4 overs.
-Pat Cummins won the toss, and SRH opted to bat against hosts GT.
-Matthew Wade joined the GT camp ahead of the SRH clash.
-SRH’s Wanindu Hasaranga is ruled out of the IPL 2024.
-Bhuvneshwar Kumar is yet to open his wicket account at IPL 2024.
-GT has the worst net run rate of -1.425 among the 10 teams this season.
GT vs SRH IPL 2024 Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat.
Let’s have a look at the point table:
With this win, GT reached the 4th position in the IPL 2024 points tally, scoring 4 points and a net run rate of -0.738. They are behind Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Rajasthan Royals.
On the other hand, SRH is in the 5th position. They have bagged 1 match only and got beaten in 2 matches out of the 3 matches they have played so far.
SRH currently has 2 points & has an NRR (Net Run Rate) of +0.2024 currently.
Shubman’s reaction after bagging the match:
“He’s such an experienced player, especially on wickets like these. He comes in day in day out, he practices his skills and he’s so skilled. It’s not easy in this heat to bowl four overs back-to-back, sometimes three overs back-to-back. But he comes in, bowls those yorkers, slower ones, and mixes it is so well”.
“The credit has to go to him for practicing those skills and to be able to have the confidence to execute them in the match. In this heat, wherever we play in the day match, it’s easier to score with the new ball. Once the ball gets old and the wickets get slow, it’s difficult to hit those sixes, especially on the longer side and that was our plan – to be able to let them hit the slower ones on the longer side,” said Gill after winning the match.
Final words: GT defeated SRH
Undoubtedly, GT is emerging as one of the strongest teams of this season.
Every team should have a strategy to tackle GT. Keep enjoying the IPL 2024 matches & stay connected with Cricfeverr.com to get all the sports updates on time.
